Dropped my K-50 + 50mm 1.8 DA!

I like the camera a lot with its tiny primes to the point that I like bringing it with me wherever I go lately. That also means more opportunity for me to be an absolute klutz.

Here is a picture of the case it was in laying on hard floor...a tiny cheap case I must have gotten for free with minimal padding. The top of the ugly and dirty IKEA dresser is where it fell from. The Black and White Sony strap looks nice on the white K-50, what can I say (Sony on the strap, and Sony on the sensor)? The position it dropped in was with the case closed, and I believe upside down...there was a solid klunk noise. When I opened it out to inspect the lens cap was no longer on.

Knowing about all the itty bitty complexities of DSLRs with mirrors, submirrors, aligned mounts, shims, AF alignment, decentered lens blah blah blah I was more than a bit worried.

Could not find a single cosmetic blemish. But had to check OVF...the alignment, how the lens felt on the mount, any wobble, every single PDAF point, is the lens sharp anymore, blah blah blah. I found *one* thing different. The impact of hitting the hard floor must have knocked dust so that it was visible through my viewfinder (slightly defocused). Based on this I felt it was probably dust on the mirror, so I blew the mirror box gently with a blower, mounted lens back on...OVF is spot free and clear again. Now there are *zero* things different than before.

But this is precise machinery I think...there is no way my camera functions as well as it did before. But I shot pics of my kids wide open indoors and it was just fine. Well maybe there is something still wrong...lets take a test shot to see if my 'golden' copy of my 50mm 1.8 is still golden.

Wide open shot in low light (utilizing a smidge of IBIS), I also wanted to test to make sure my OVF was perfect (i.e. confirm the framing was very accurate). Even though it says ISO 200 I have to pull exposure because its a low light shot. It is still *very* sharp out of many 50mm 1.8's I've tried.

So really its as if the camera never fell from a cheap dresser...there is just absolutely no evidence that it ever occurred...and that is truly beautiful. And if something did occur, well really its a $250 dollar body with a sub $100 lens (which admittedly I had to go through a few to get one that I feel qualifies as a golden copy)...

Also even my 16MP Samsung S6 no flash low light indoor shot is pretty damn good. So far I am loving being on team cheap, small, and portable cameras and can't wait to take more meaningful shots.  I have always considered the trivial additional size over a mirrorless camera as just like a built in ruggedized weatherproofing case with ergonomic benefits to boot.